"The speed limit is 35 mph when it should be 25 mph. If the speed limit is 35 mph, that means people are going 40 mph," Miller said.

Miller has been surveying her neighbors, five of whom agreed to fill out petitions she has presented to the Stroudsburg School Board.

Her son stands near a telephone pole at the intersection when he waits for the bus. School district officials told Miller the boy should stand farther up Morningside Avenue, away from the intersection. That would put Miller's son between two driveways, both of which belong to homes that have new drivers, she said.

She's hoping her petition will convince the Stroudsburg School Board to move the bus stop entirely.

Cathy Crisafulli, Stroudsburg Area School District's transportation supervisor, said she and Superintendent John Toleno were out to see the bus stop. Four buses transporting students to Ramsey Elementary School and Stroudsburg's intermediate, junior high and high schools stop there, she said. School officials are aware of the situation and plan to discuss it.

Residents David and Charlotte Hughes have lived in their house at the intersection of Park and Morningside avenues for 47 years.

In one particularly bad crash in May 2002, a driver hydroplaned and ended up crashing his pickup truck through the Hughes' front porch and into their basement, Charlotte Hughes said.

"I was standing right on the other side of this window, and it knocked me right on the floor. I thought we were having an earthquake," she said, motioning to the front window as she spoke from her front porch.

The bus stop has been at the intersection in front of the Hughes' house for about 15 years.

"I complained when they first put it here," she said, but the school district never moved the stop.

Hughes also went to the borough council to see if it would be able to lower the speed limit on Park Avenue, but council members told her Park Avenue is a state-owned road, therefore it's up to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to change the speed limit.

"I always stood out here with my kids because of the accidents, even when they begged me not to," said neighbor Barbara Schiavone.

She and her children used to sit on her neighbor's front steps, the house between Schiavone's and the Hughes', while they waited for the bus.

About 12 years ago, a Jeep failed to negotiate the curve and crashed into the front steps of the house where Schiavone used to wait with her children. Luckily, the crash wasn't during a bus drop-off or pickup.

"Once darkness or dusk comes and it's a rainy or snowy night, the road here is just treacherous," she said.

Charlie Baughman, who has been mayor of Stroudsburg Borough for eight years, does not remember any complaints about the intersection during his tenure.

According to records provided by Stroud Area Regional Police, there have been 11 crashes at the intersection during the last 10 years. The most recent ones occurred on Feb. 14 and March 16.

Of the 11 crashes, nine occurred in the dark. One occurred at dawn, the other at dusk.

"I think it's under-reported because there's a homeowner there who used to cite a frequent amount of crashes, but she no longer cites damage to her property," said SARP Capt. Brian Kimmins. "I certainly recall it as a place where people have crashes, but that's generally in the evening time."

Any request for a speed limit change must come from the municipality where the road is, because the municipality will be responsible for the cost of the new signage, according to PennDOT spokesman Sean Brown.

If requested, a speed study would be conducted to determine whether lowering the speed limit is possible, he said. Factors that determine the appropriate speed of a roadway include crash history and the layout of the roadway, Brown said.